Host Roy Wood Jr., panelists Michael Ian Black and Amber Ruffin, and the series' U.K. creator on bringing a late-night talk show to the news network.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20603742

U.S. version of the venerable British news/comedy show, #HIGNFY.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    I'm not sure what this clip is. I think it's from the first show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXiu_xQRM2s

    I only watched a few seconds here or there. It seemed terrible. And it's one of those shows where the guests try to juice the jokes by laughing themselves even if that shit is 1,000 miles away from being funny.

    • Hexamerous [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      It felt like one of those fake talk shows the main character in a film puts on in the background that's meant to be a social commentary on how empty, mindless and boring TV is.

    • princeofsin [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      Got to 2:55 before I asked myself how are these losers considered funny?

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        3 months ago

        And I don't understand the appeal of any form of fake laughter. A laugh track is bad enough but watching people pretend to laugh at each other's jokes is like something I imagine plays in Hell 24/7.

  • FungiDebord [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Michael Ian Black, Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer reenacting Stella bits would be pretty funny.